google drive javascript api gapi.client.drive.files undefined

user1495551 picture user1495551 · Jan 10, 2013 · Viewed 10.2k times · Source

The JavaScript example to list files of Google Drive uses gapi.client.drive.files.list(). When trying to use this method I get the error "Cannot read property 'files' of undefined".

The issue and a workaround are already described under Google Drive API javascript

Is the documentation under https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files/list#try-it incorrect? Or is there a way to use the API as described.

Answer

Claudio Cherubino picture Claudio Cherubino · Jan 10, 2013

The JavaScript example is correct, but you have to make sure that you only use gapi.client.drive.files (and the other Drive-specific resources) when the Drive library is loaded, i.e. after:

gapi.client.load('drive', 'v2', callback);